Draft:French Open (real tennis)

Open de France du Je de Paume
Current event 2024 French Open
Tournament information
Founded1981; 43 years ago (1981)
Editions42 (2024)
LocationParis, XVIth arrondissement
France
VenueJeu de Paume de Paris (since 1990)
Jeu de Paume Bordeaux (1981-1989)
Prize money$27,919 (2024)
Websitehttps://paumefrance.com/
Current champions
Men's singlesAustralia Nick Howell
Women's singlesUnited Kingdom Claire Fahey
Men's doublesAustralia Steve Virgona
United Kingdom Ben Taylor-Matthews
Women's doublesUnited Kingdom Claire Fahey
United Kingdom Tara Lumley

The French Open (French: Open de France du Jeu de Paume), is a real tennis French: jeu de paume tournament organized by the Comité Français de Courte-Paume annually at the Jeu de Paume de Paris in Paris, France. It is chronologically the third of the four National Open events every year, held after the US Open and the Australian Open and before British Open. The tournament usually runs in the last week of September. It forms part of the qualification pathway to the biennial Real Tennis World Championships.

History

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Prize money and rankings points

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For 2024, the prize money pool was announced to be 53.478 million, an increase of 7.82% compared to the prize pool for 2023 edition.[1][2]

2024 Event Winner Finalist Semifinals Quarterfinals Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Round of 128 Q3 Q2 Q1
Singles €2,400,000 €1,200,000 €650,000 €415,000 €250,000 €158,000 €110,000 €73,000 €41,000 €28,000 €20,000
Doubles1 €590,000 €295,000 €148,000 €80,000 €43,500 €27,500 €17,500
Mixed doubles1 €122,000 €61,000 €31,000 €17,500 €10,000 €5,000
Wheelchair singles €62,000 €31,000 €20,000 €12,000 €8,500
Wheelchair doubles1 €21,000 €11,000 €8,000 €5,000
Quad wheelchair singles €62,000 €31,000 €20,000 €12,000
Quad wheelchair doubles1 €21,000 €11,000 €8,000
  • 1 Prize money for doubles is per team.

Rankings points

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Men and women often receive point values based on the rules of their respective tours.

Senior points

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Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Round of 128 Q Q3 Q2 Q1
Men's singles 2000 1300 800 400 200 100 50 10 25 16 8 0
Men's doubles 0
Women's singles 1300 780 430 240 130 70 10 40 30 20 2
Women's doubles 10

Past finals

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Men's singles

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Year[3] Champions Runners-up Score
1981   Chris Ronaldson (1/5)
1982   Chris Ronaldson (2/5)
1983   Chris Ronaldson (3/5)
1984   Chris Ronaldson (4/5)
1985   Wayne Davies (1/3)
1986   Chris Ronaldson (5/5)
1987   Wayne Davies (2/3)
1988   Wayne Davies (3/3)
1989   Lauchlan Deuchar (1/3)
1990   Lauchlan Deuchar (2/3)   Robert Fahey
1991   Lauchlan Deuchar (3/3)   Robert Fahey
1992   Julian Snow (1/2)   Robert Fahey
1993   Robert Fahey (1/1)   Frank Fillippelli
1994   Chris Bray (1/2)   Wayne Davies
1995   Mike Gooding (1/2)   Robert Fahey
1996   Mike Gooding (2/2)   Wayne Davies
1997   Chris Bray (2/2)   Frank Fillippelli
1998   Robert Fahey (2/14)   Wayne Davies
1999   Robert Fahey (3/14)   Chris Bray
2000   Robert Fahey (4/14)   Tim Chisholm
2001   Robert Fahey (5/14)   Mike Gooding
2002 Not held
2003 [a]   Tim Chisholm (1/1)   Ivan Snell 6/3 6/0 6/1
2004 [b]   Robert Fahey (6/14)   Chris Bray 6/1 6/0 6/1
2005 [a]   Robert Fahey (7/14)   Steve Virgona 6/3 4/6 6/1 6/1
2006   Robert Fahey (8/14)   Ruaraidh Gunn 6/1 6/3 6/2
2007 [b]   Robert Fahey (9/14)   Camden Riviere 6/4 6/2 2/6 6/3
2008 [a]   Robert Fahey (10/14)   Camden Riviere 6/3 6/0 6/2
2009 [a]   Robert Fahey (11/14)   Camden Riviere 6/3 3/6 6/5 6/2
2010 [a]   Robert Fahey (12/14)   Steve Virgona 6/4 2/6 3/6 6/2 6/0
2011   Robert Fahey (13/14)   Steve Virgona 6/2 6/4 3/6 6/5
2012 [a]   Camden Riviere (1/7)   Tim Chisholm 6/5 6/4 6/2
2013   Camden Riviere (2/7)   Steve Virgona 6/0 6/4 6/0
2014   Camden Riviere (3/7)   Steve Virgona 6/2 6/3 6/1
2015   Robert Fahey (14/14)   Steve Virgona 6/1 6/0 3/6 6/4
2016   Camden Riviere (4/7)   Robert Fahey 6/2 6/0 6/0
2017   Camden Riviere (5/7)   Robert Fahey 6/2 6/2 6/0
2018   Chris Chapman (1/1)   Ben Taylor-Matthews 6/0 6/4 6/1
2019   Camden Riviere (6/7)   Robert Fahey 6/2 6/5 6/1
2020–2021 Tournament suspended due to the COVID-19 Pandemic
2022   Camden Riviere (7/7)   Chris Chapman 6/2 6/2 6/2
2023   Nick Howell (1/1)   Steve Virgona 6/5 6/5 6/1
  1. ^ a b c d e f Held in Bordeaux
  2. ^ a b Held at the Palace of Fontainebleau

Women's singles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
1986   Katrina Allen (1/2)
1987   Danielle Barrabé (1/1)
1988   Penny Lumley (1/10)
1989   Penny Lumley (2/10)
1990   Penny Lumley (3/10)
1991 Magda Groszeck (1/1)
1992   Katrina Allen (2/2)
1993   Sally Jones (1/1)
1994   Alex Garside (1/7)
1995   Penny Lumley (4/10)
1996   Penny Lumley (5/10)
1997   Sue Haswell (2/2)
1998   Penny Lumley (6/10)
1999   Penny Lumley (7/10)
2000   Penny Lumley (8/10)
2002   Charlotte Cornwallis (2/7)   Penny Lumley 6/4 6/2
2003   Penny Lumley (9/10)   Jo Iddles 6/1 6/0
2004   Charlotte Cornwallis (3/7)   Jo Iddles 6/1 6/0
2005   Charlotte Cornwallis (4/7)   Jo Iddles 4/6 6/2 6/5
2006   Charlotte Cornwallis (5/7)   Jo Iddles 5/6 6/2 6/2
2007   Charlotte Cornwallis (6/7)   Sarah Vigrass 6/1 6/0
2008   Charlotte Cornwallis (7/7)   Karen Hird 5/6 6/2 6/2
2009   Karen Hird (1/1)   Claire Fahey 6/5 2/6 6/4
2010   Claire Fahey (1/11)   Frederika Adam 6/2 6/2
2011   Claire Fahey (2/11)   Sarah Vigrass 2-0
2012   Claire Fahey (3/11)   Karen Hird 6/2 6/2
2013   Claire Fahey (4/11)   Penny Lumley 6/0 6/2
2014   Claire Fahey (5/11)   Tara Lumley 6/1 6/1
2015   Penny Lumley (10/10)   Irina Dulbish 2/6 6/5 6/4
2016   Claire Fahey (6/11)   Penny Lumley 6/1 6/1
2017   Claire Fahey (7/11)   Saskia Bollerman 6/1 6/2
2018   Claire Fahey (8/11)   Lea van der Zwalmen 6/1 6/3
2019   Claire Fahey (9/11)   Tara Lumley 6/1 6/0
2020–2021 Tournament suspended due to the COVID-19 Pandemic
2022   Claire Fahey (10/11)   Lea van der Zwalmen 6/1 6/0
2023   Claire Fahey (11/11)   Lea van der Zwalmen 6/5 6/1

Men's doubles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
2023   Steve Virgona
  Ben Taylor-Matthews
  Nick Howell
  Leon Smart
6/3 6/5 6/2

Women's doubles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
2023   Claire Fahey
  Tara Lumley
  Lea van der Zwalmen
  Saskia Bollerman
6/5 6/2

Category:Real Tennis Competitions Category:Annual sporting events in France Category:16th arrondissement of Paris Category:Tennis in Paris Category:Tennis tournaments in France

  1. ^ "French Open 2024 Prize Money". Perfect Tennis. 25 April 2024. Archived from the original on 25 April 2024. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  2. ^ "French Open Prize money 2024". 2 June 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  3. ^ Demory & Kressmann (2020). History of the Jeu de Paume Club in Paris. Editions Saxo. p. 71. ISBN 9782919260119.